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<h3>IDE Integration</h3>
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All the modern Java IDEs support Apache Ant almost out of the box.
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    <a href="Integration/jext-plugin.html">AntWork Plugin for the Jext Java Text Editor
    (unbundled)</a>
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    <a href="http://jdee.sourceforge.net/" target="_top">JDEE (Java Development Environment for
    Emacs)</a> has built-in text Ant integration: selection of target through text field, execution,
    hyperlink to compilation errors. Installation: built-in JDEE 2.2.8 or later. Configuration:
    through customize menu "Jde Build Function"
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    <a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/" target="_top">IDEA</a> has built-in GUI ANT
    integration: GUI selection of targets, execution, hyperlink to compilation errors
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    <a href="http://ant.netbeans.org/" target="_top">NetBeans</a> IDE uses Ant as the basis for its
    project system starting with the 4.0 release
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    <a href="http://jedit.org/" target="_top">jEdit</a> is an open source Java IDE with some great
    plugins for Java dev, a good XML editor and the Antfarm plugin to execute targets in a build
    file
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    <a href="https://eclipse.org/" target="_top">Eclipse</a> is IBM's counterpoint to NetBeans; an
    open source IDE with Java and Ant support
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    <a href="http://www.placidsystems.com/virtualant/" target="_top">Virtual Ant</a> GUI allows you
    to work on a Virtual File System without dealing with the XML; plugs into Eclipse, Netbeans
    &amp; IntelliJ
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    <a href="https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/offers/wsad2.html" target="_top">WebSphere Studio
    Application Developer</a>
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